Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour) | Oireachtas source

The medical scientist dispute is 21 years in the making. I noted the Taoiseach's earlier reply to Deputy Devlin. The Medical Laboratory Scientists Association, MLSA, has proposed some innovative solutions to this dispute at the Workplace Relations Commission, WRC, over the last period. It is in the WRC at present. In my view, the HSE and the Department of Health want to resolve this issue but those standing in the way are represented by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. I ask the Taoiseach to send a clear message to the HSE, the Department of Health and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to do all they can at this late hour to enable a resolution to this dispute because tomorrow's action is utterly avoidable.

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